| US Patent: 161,970 
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| Portable Steam Engine | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Frank F. Landis (exact or similar names) - Lancaster, PA |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Apr. 01, 1874 |  
| Granted: | Apr. 13, 1875 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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                        Joel Havens
 "Vintage Machinery" entry for F. F. & A. B. Landis
 
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| Description: |  | Abstract:
My invention consists in the combination of a cold-water reservoir with the boiler of a portable steam engine, in such a manner that the said reservoir shall form the bed for the crankshaft journal-bearings, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter set forth.
Claim:
In a portable steam-engine, the water-reservoir A, located between the boiler and the crank-shaft, and supporting the bearings of the latter. |  |